Dr. Jens Amendt

7-4.3: OCCURENCE AND VECTOR COMPETENCE OF BITING MIDGES AS TRANSMITTER OF ARBOVIRUSES IN GERMANY

Research interests

* Prevalence of pathogens in tick populations of the Rhine Main area * Mosquitoes of the Rhine Main area * Forensic science goes underground - Testate Amoebae as bioindicators of cadaver decomposition * Age estimation of forensically important fly species – new statistic tools * Development of forensically important blowflies

Short CV

EDUCATION

2003: Ph.D. Biology, University of Frankfurt/Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Germany